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Landmarks & Historical Buildings
As a historical building, Union Station is impressive. The main hall is awe-inspiring and humbling. As a transportation hub, it leave a lot to be desired.
Certainly traffic has increased a great deal since it was first opened, but that the station has…More »
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Public Transportation,
Convenience Stores
As far as GO Station Gateway locations go, this one isn't bad, largely because it's almost always open when I'm going through these stations. A few of them only seem to be open during the morning rush hour, which is mostly useless to me.
Jamaican…More »
With all the work being done on Clarkson Station with the new track installation and the addition of… Read more »
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Public Transportation,
Convenience Stores
When it's actually open, this is a rather nice Gateway location. Surprisingly decent array of snacks, batteries and beverages, though precious little else. Staff is friendly, prices are a bit high, but convenience factor is extreme...
...on weekdays.…More »
A familiar port of call for many Oakville residents, the Oakville GO station is... middling, at… Read more »
I can't help but feel that they've done a decent job with this station, overall. Which is confusing, because outside of rush hour, it's probably one of the lesser used stations on the line.
The main terminal building has a decent amount of seating -…More »
One of my least-favourite GO stations. The reasons why:
- Practically no shelters on the platform. Annoying in winter wind and summer sun
- Insect problems on said platforms, at least when I was frequenting the place
- Standard washroom and Ticket…More »
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Public Transportation,
Convenience Stores
As far as GO stations, uh, go, Burlington Station is pretty damned good, actually.
Some good points:
1. Parking structure. Finally. These need to be at a lot more stations, and I applaud GO finally doing something about it.
2. Washrooms allow multiple…More »
As far as Gateway locations go, this one's good. Not as good as Oakville, but good nonetheless.… Read more »
Amidst a newly-expanded sea of paved parking space, Aldershot GO station stands, a beacon to all those who pass through the nothingness that surrounds it, saying unto them "I can get you out of here!"
Sadly, that's about the best thing I can say about…More »
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Toronto, ON
Yelping SinceMarch 2009
Things I Love Find Me InThe Interwebs
My HometownOakville, ON
When I'm Not Yelping...I build things with blinky lights & whirring motors that may soon kill us all.
The Last Great Book I ReadCryptonomicon, jPod
My First ConcertSharon, Lois and Bram. Or maybe it was Kim and Jerry Brodey...
My Favourite MovieThe Blues Brothers
Most Recent DiscoveryAuto-tune the News
Current CrushMy new MacBook Pro. Yes, I'm that much of a geek.